Inopportunely

  • 31inopportune — 1530s, from L.L. inopportunus unfitting, from in not + opportunus (see OPPORTUNE (Cf. opportune)). A rare word before 19c. Related: Inopportunely …

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  • 32malapropos — (adv.) 1660s, from Fr. mal à propos inopportunely, inappropriately, lit. badly for the purpose, from mal (see MAL (Cf. mal )) + proposer propose (see PROPOSE (Cf. propose)) …

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  • 33inopportune — adjective occurring at an inconvenient time. Derivatives inopportunely adverb inopportuneness noun …

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  • 34malapropos — [ˌmalaprə pəʊ] formal adverb inopportunely; inappropriately. adjective inopportune; inappropriate. Origin C17: from Fr. mal à propos, from mal ill + à to + propos purpose …

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  • 35inopportune — adjective formal 1 an inopportune moment or time is not suitable or good for something: I m afraid you ve called at rather an inopportune moment. 2 happening at an unsuitable or bad time: an inopportune visit inopportunely adverb inopportuneness… …

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  • 36betimes — *early, soon, beforehand Antonyms: unseasonably, inopportunely …

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  • 37amiss — adv 1. wrong, awry, astray, off, off the mark; improperly, wrongly, erroneously, falsely, fallaciously, mistakenly, incorrectly; inaccurately, inexactly, imprecisely, imperfectly, faultily; unsatisfactorily, poorly, badly, ill; inopportunely,… …

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  • 38harum-scarum — adj 1. rash, precipitate, hasty; reckless, careless, heedless, thoughtless, pell mell, helter skelter, head over heels; brash, incautious, injudicious, ill advised, indiscreet, unwary, foolish; abrupt, sudden, unexpected, premature. 2.… …

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  • 39hastily — adv 1. quickly, speedily, hurriedly; promptly, instantly, straightway, Sl. pronto, in a wink, in an instant, double quick, Inf. like greased lightning, like a shot, like a thunderbolt, Sl. like mad, Sl. like a bat out of hell; directly, at once,… …

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  • 40headlong — adv 1. headforemost, headfirst, head on, diving, in a dive, plunging, in a nose dive. 2. quickly, speedily, hurriedly; promptly, instantly, straightway, Sl. pronto, in a wink, in a jiffy, in a trice, in an instant, double quick, Inf. like greased …

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